James Blake’s music subscription model is a fantasy that disadvantages fans and musicians

With unrealistic costs, the inability to share music and the pressure of consumer expectations, the producer’s collaboration with Vault doesn’t add upAs a recording artist and designer, I’ve spent years thinking about digital music platforms and how they could be better for artists and fans. The current all-you-can-eat subscription model of Spotify, Apple Music and co is disenfranchising artists – the outcome a diminishing of value for music-makers and subconsciously for